Select passages from the diary and letters of the late John Blackader, Esq.

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began, for they threw not fo much as a
bomb or ftone all the night.
We were expecting alfo to have our
lodge ment on the left hand blown up,
but were agreeably difappointed in that
alfo. O how many Ebenezers have I in
this fiege ! new fongs of praife every
day. Lord, make me thankful, humble,
and holy.
11. In the evening, I came off my
command in the trenches. Juft before I
came out, the enemy began to throw
bombs, grenades, and ftones from the
town, and all the night following have
plyed our trenches very hot with all thefe,
efpecially ftones, whereby many of our
men are wounded. Thou giveft thine
angels charge over me, that I dafli not
jny foot againft a ftone.
14. This day we went into the trenches.
At two o'clock they beat the chamade,
and hung out a white flag to capitulate,
which was a very acceptable light to us
all, for it has been a very toilfome, long,
and bloody fiege. I blefs thee, O Lord,
for the bountiful fupplies of thy grace
which thou haft given me during the
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